Corinne Bramwell

Defence Counsel - Client acquitted of domestic violence assault occasioning actual bodily harm after prosecution offer no evidence following contested submissions on serious disclosure failings.

Defence Counsel (led) in a three-defendant murder trial at the Central Criminal Court.

Prosecution Counsel – defendants convicted of inflicting grievous bodily harm and cruelty to a 16-month-old.

Prosecution Counsel (led) – four defendants convicted of the murder and manslaughter of a member of a rival county-line drugs gang.

See BBC News reports here and here;

See Welwyn and Hatfield Times report here.

Prosecution Counsel (leading) - three defendants convicted of conspiracy to procure a miscarriage by administering a poison following a trial before a High Court Judge. The trial involved complex legal issues in respect of the legal definition of miscarriage, and whether the mother could be a party to the conspiracy.

See Daily Mail article

Defence Counsel - client acquitted of assault and false imprisonment. The trial involved contested expert evidence on blood spatter.

Prosecution Counsel (leading) – Six defendants, convicted following trial, of conspiracies to commit fraud on bookmakers (valued at around £1.7m) and associated conspiracies to launder the proceeds.

See Daily Mail here

£34-million, sophisticated Missing Trader Intra Community (MTIC) fraud and associated money-laundering enterprise.

See BBC article

Contested confiscation for £5-million Gift Aid fraud and multi-jurisdiction money laundering. The case involved multiple sources of evidence obtained from abroad using the International Letter of Request (ILOR) scheme.

See Daily Express here

£50-million, three-defendant fraud prosecuted by HMRC and the CPS. The case involved complex legal argument on the issue of ‘double jeopardy’ pursuant to Article 54 of the Convention Implementing the Schengen Agreement including expert evidence from a Professor of Italian law.

See Daily Mail article

See Court News UK article

See The Guardian article

£5-million, four-defendant Gift Aid fraud and multi-jurisdiction money laundering trial.

See Daily Express article

See Daily Telegraph article

Defence Counsel - Client acquitted by jury of two offences of committing assaults on lone women with intent to commit rape or sexual assault.

Prosecution Counsel (led) – defendant convicted of the rape of four young women.

See BBC here

See Standard here

See Dailymail here

See Mirror here

Prosecution Counsel – defendant convicted of serious sexual offences against four teenage girls.

Prosecution Counsel – defendant convicted of four-year campaign of rape against a child aged 10-13. Defendant received an extended sentence of 27 years.

Prosecution Counsel – defendant sentenced to 20 years for a campaign of rape against a child following a finding of ‘dangerousness’.

Prosecution Counsel – defendant convicted of sexual activity with a child and sexual assault.

See Daily Mail here.

See MyLondon report here

Defence counsel - client acquitted, following a 5-day trial, of allegations of sexually assaulting a former sexual partner.

Prosecution counsel – defendant convicted, following an 11-day trial, of historical sexual offences committed 39 years ago against a familial child aged 11. The case involved contested expert evidence from chartered clinical psychologists on ‘false memory syndrome’.

Prosecution Counsel - defendant charged with 35 serious sexual offences spanning 12 years against six complainants, the youngest of whom was aged 2. He received a life sentence.

See BBC News article

Prosecution Counsel – defendants convicted of possessing firearms with intent to endanger life.

Defence Counsel – represented an 18-year-old accused of possession of a firearm and possession of ammunition without a certificate.

Defence Counsel - represented man accused of armed robbery of a Ladbrokes betting shop.

Prosecution Counsel - driver and passenger convicted in “landmark” case of causing death and serious injury by dangerous driving and aiding and abetting causing death and serious injury by dangerous driving respectively. Both defendants received immediate custodial sentences.

See The Telegraph news report here.

See The Daily Mail news report here.

See ITV news report here.

See BBC news report here.

Prosecution Counsel – two defendants convicted of causing serious injury by dangerous driving where one of two racing cars struck a pedestrian causing loss of limb.

Sexual misconduct

Poor midwifery practices following neonatal deaths.

42 serious sexual offences including multiple allegations of rape.

Represented client accused of multiple counts of familial rape of a child under 13 years.

Successful appeal concerning the operation of Article 54 of the Convention Implementing the Schengen Agreement ne bis in idem principle of ‘double jeopardy’ based on previous criminal proceedings in Italy - led by Tim Owen QC and David Hughes.